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By Lawrence Hamm Photos: YouTube Screenshots On the anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act a press conference will be held to condemn voter suppression and gerrymandering, and…
Andrew Moss\PeaceVoice Photos: YouTube Screenshots There’s a breathtaking hubris at work when a political party seeks to suppress the votes of an entire people, then claims its leaders…
By Brennan Center Photos: YouTube Screenshots The Voting Rights Act was the nation’s most effective civil rights law — until the Supreme Court gutted it in 2013. In…
By Lawrence Hamm Photos: Facebook The Martin Luther King March & Rally For Black Liberation will take place on Monday, January 15, 2024, 2:00pm, starting at the Martin…
Photos: YouTube Screenshots Ten years ago, the Supreme Court eviscerated a central component of the Voting Rights Act in Shelby County v. Holder. That decision removed the requirement…
Photo: Twitter The Supreme Court takes up a court fight Tuesday over voting rights in the battleground state of Arizona, and the outcome may affect how the nation's…
AFT's Randi Weingarten: “Joe Biden is the deeply decent, experienced, caring and competent leader America needs to guide our nation through the three crises we face today—a global…
Morial: "John Lewis paid for the Voting Rights Act with his own blood. The Supreme Court made a mockery of his sacrifice when it gutted the Act, saying…
Sherrilyn Ifill: “I don’t know of another leader in this country with the moral standing of Rep. John Lewis." Lisa Cylar Barrett: "The passing of Representative Lewis leaves…
Kristen Clarke: "He was fearless, tireless and a dedicated voice of conscience for Congress and the nation. The world has lost one of its most enduring voices on…
